Modify post meta info on event archive page: add date and location

archive-event.php

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 /**
- * Template Name: Testimonial Archives
+ * Template Name: Events Archive
  * Description: Used as a page template to show page contents, followed by a loop through a CPT archive 
  */
 remove_action ('genesis_loop', 'genesis_do_loop'); // Remove the standard loop
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ function child_do_custom_loop() {
         'orderby'     => 'meta_value',  // sort by the event_date
         'order'       => 'asc',
         'posts_per_page'=> '12',
+        'post_status' => 'publish',  
         'paged'            => $paged,   
         'meta_query' => array( // WordPress has all the results, now, return only the events after today's date
             array(
@@ -32,44 +33,6 @@ function child_do_custom_loop() {
  
 }
 
-
-//add_action( 'genesis_loop', 'custom_do_grid_loop' ); // Add custom loop
-function custom_do_grid_loop() { 
- 
-    $args = array(
-    'post_type' => 'event', // enter your custom post type
-    'meta_key'    => '_event_start_date',  // load up the event_date meta
-    'orderby'     => 'meta_value',  // sort by the event_date
-    'order'       => 'asc',   
-    'posts_per_page'=> '6', // overrides posts per page in theme settings
-    'meta_query' => array( // WordPress has all the results, now, return only the events after today's date
-        array(
-            'key' => '_event-start-date', // Check the start date field
-            'value' => date("Y-m-d"), // Set today's date (note the similar format)
-            'compare' => '>=', // Return the ones greater than today's date
-            'type' => 'DATE' // Let WordPress know we're working with date
-            )
-        ),
-    );
-    $loop = new WP_Query( $args );
- if( $loop->have_posts() ):
- 
- while( $loop->have_posts() ): $loop->the_post(); global $post;
- echo '<div id="testimonials">';
- echo '<div class="one-fourth first">';
- echo '<div class="quote-obtuse"><div class="pic">'. get_the_post_thumbnail( $id, array(150,150) ).'</div></div>';
- echo '</div>'; 
- echo '<div class="three-fourths" style="border-bottom:1px solid #DDD;">';
- echo '<h3>' . get_the_title() . '</h3>'; 
- echo '</div>';
- echo '</div>';
- 
- endwhile;
- 
- endif;
-
-}
-
 /** Remove Post Info */
 remove_action('genesis_before_post_content','genesis_post_info');
 remove_action('genesis_after_post_content','genesis_post_meta');

functions.php

@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ load_child_theme_textdomain( CHILD_TEXT_DOMAIN, apply_filters( 'child_theme_text
 // Enable support for page excerpts.
 add_post_type_support( 'page', 'excerpt' );
 
+//Add post type archive support for event
+add_post_type_support( 'event', 'genesis-cpt-archives-settings' );
+
+
 // Enable support for Gutenberg wide images.
 add_theme_support( 'align-wide' );
 
@@ -375,5 +379,3 @@ function abte_add_site_description_class( $attributes ) {
 	return $attributes;
 }
 
-//Add post type archive support
-add_post_type_support( 'event', 'genesis-cpt-archives-settings' );

includes/general.php

@@ -457,6 +457,14 @@ function corporate_post_info_date( $post_info ) {
 		$post_info = '[post_date]';
 
 	}
+	global $post;
+	$EM_Event = em_get_event($post->ID, 'post_id');
+	$location = $EM_Event->output('#_LOCATIONTOWN');
+
+	if (is_post_type_archive('event')) {
+		$post_info = '[field _event_start_date date_format="d/m/Y"]';
+		$post_info .= ' - '.$location;
+	}
 
 	return $post_info;